Part 50

Chillingworth, William, on apostolical succession, ii. 650.

Chinsurah, Dutch settlement on the Hoogley, ii. 701. Its siege by the English and capitulation, 727.

Christchurch, Oxford, its repute after the Revolution, ii. 592. Issues a new edition of the Letters of Phalaris, 592, 593.

Chunar, treaty of, iii. 189.

Church of England, moderation and loyalty, i. 303. Its sophisms at the time of the Revolution, 368. Mr. Gladstone's work in defence of it, ii. 600. His arguments for its being the pure Catholic Church of Christ, 641. Its claims to apostolical succession discussed, 645-655. Views respecting its alliance with the state, 659-668. Its rejection of enthusiasts, iii. 31.

Churchill, John, Duke of Marlborough, his rise the result of conditions, i. 360. His infamous treason, 369. Converted to Whiggism, ii. 176. Addison's mention of, in The Campaign, iii. 429.

Cicero, partiality of Dr. Middleton towards, ii. 360. The most eloquent and skilful of advocates, 361. His epistles in his banishment, 379. His opinion of the study of rhetoric, 477.

Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of, defects in his History, i. 277. Too good for his age, 361. His virtues and faults, 362. His testimony in regard to Hampden, ii. 5, 6, 19, 21, 26-28, 37, 41, 56, 59, 61. His literary merit, 358. His position at the head of affairs, 522-530. His faulty style, 541. His opposition to the growing power of the Commons, 561. His temper, 562.

Classical literature, indiscriminate praise of, i. 44. Should be justly estimated, 45.

Clavering, General, made Councillor for India, iii. 144. Opposes Hastings, 148. Dies, 163.

Clement VII., Pope, i. 184.

Clifford, Lord, his character, ii. 538, 539. His retirement, 545. His talent for debate, 561.

Clive, Lord, review of Sir John Malcolm's Life of, ii. 670-762. His family and boyhood, 672, 673. His shipment to India, 673. His arrival at Madras, and position there, 675. Obtains an ensign's commission in the Company's service, 678. His attack, capture, and defence of Arcot, 688-692. His subsequent proceedings, 693-696. His marriage and return to England, 696. His reception, 697. Elected to Parliament, 698. Returns to India, 700. His subsequent proceedings, 700, 706-708. His conduct towards Omichund, 709-719. His transactions with Meer Jaffier, 711-713, 715, 716, 723. His pecuniary acquisitions, 720. Appointed Governor of the Company's possessions in Bengal, 723. His dispersion of Shah Alum's army, 725. Responsibility of his position, 727. His return to England, 728. His reception, 728. His proceedings at the India House, 731, 732, 736. Nominated Governor of the British possessions in Bengal, 736. His arrival at Calcutta, 737. Suppresses a conspiracy, 741, 742. Success of his foreign policy, 742. His return to England, 745. His unpopularity and its causes, 745-750. His speech in his defence, and its consequence, 753, 757. Invested with the Grand Cross of the Bath, 756. His life in retirement, 758. Failing of his mind, and death by his own hand, 758-760. Reflections on his career, 760. Notices Warren Hastings, iii. 120.

Clodius, bribery at the trial of, ii. 432.

Cobham, Lord, his malignity toward Essex, ii. 397.

Coke, Sir E., his conduct towards Bacon, ii. 376, 418. His opposition to Bacon in Peacham's case, 404, 405. His experience in conducting state prosecutions, 406. His removal from the Bench, 418. His reconciliation with Buckingham, and agreement to marry his daughter to Buckingham's brother, 419. His reconciliation with Bacon, 420. His behavior to Bacon at his trial, 437.

Coleridge, S. T., Byron's attitude towards, i. 594.

Collier, Jeremy, character, iii. 85. Outlawed for absolving traitors, 87. Attacks the immorality of the stage, 88. Replies to Congreve, 93.

Colloquies on Society, Southey's, reviewed, i. 496-545. Plan of, 505. Absurdity of, 507.

Comic Dramatists of the Restoration, Leigh Hunt's, iii. 47-100.

Comines, Philip de, testimony to the good government of England, ii. 7.

Commons, House of, commencement of the practice of buying of votes in, ii. 209. Corruption in, not necessary to the Tudors, 209. Increase of its influence after the Revolution, 210. How kept in order, 211. Increased in power by the Revolution, 348.

Comus, modelled on the Italian Masque, i. 97.

Condé, Marshal, compared with Clive, ii. 761.

Conflans, Admiral, defeated by Hawke, ii. 277.

Congreve, William, birth and education, iii. 80. His literary work, 81-84. Attempts to answer Jeremy Collier, 91. Produces The Way of the World, 94. Political impartiality, 95. Place among literary men, 96. Friendship with the Duchess of Marlborough, 98. Death, 99. Compared to Wycherley, 100.

Constitutional government, in England and on the Continent, i. 323. Conversion of, into despotism, on the Continent, 326. Dangers to, in England, 327.

Cooke, Sir Anthony, his learning, ii. 368.